by Patrick | Sep 28, 2017 | Lifestyle, Uncategorized
The sun tries to break through the autumn mist. Lunch out, “we’re on us ‘olidays”. Well, yes if just not having to go in to work every day counts as holiday. I ought to feel blessed. Really, I should. I am walking some of England’s most spectacular coastline almost...
by Patrick | Aug 28, 2017 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, painting, photography, wilderness
“Julia Cole, from the Priory’s Wellbeing Centre in Southampton, spoke following warnings from charity Macmillan Cancer Support that 240,000 British people have mental health problems caused by their cancer treatment. She said: ‘The analogy I often use, which patients...
by Patrick | Jul 18, 2017 | art, Lifestyle, photography, Uncategorized
Is it still sung in junior schools? The song still echoes in my mind as I contemplate the request to write a Review of my new plastic bucket. Oh yes , the web ‘feedback loops’ for customer metrics even extends to requesting feedback on the purchase of a bucket.....
by Patrick | Jun 25, 2017 | art, drawing, Lifestyle, painting, photography, Travel
“Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works out It doesn’t matter much to me” (Strawberry Field Forever- the Beatles) Funny how on this long and winding road, life goes along. Just three...
by Patrick | May 26, 2017 | art, Environment, Lifestyle, photography
The seasons run their race, even though global warming does seem to be changing the pattern we are used to. It is now turning hotter as spring slowly matures into summer and greens deepen, losing their bright green newness for a darker maturity. When the weather is...
by Patrick | May 15, 2017 | art, Lifestyle
At a time of elections politicians ask us to put our trust in them. They all lie about what they will do after the election in the hope of winning our vote, this being of course why the percentage of people voting goes down and down. It’s a dangerous game they play,...
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